Use or possession of any form of tobacco product will be prohibited anywhere on the campus. Finan will show educational videos, providing individual and group behavior therapy, and will develop additional programs for smokers and nonsmokers alike to promote wellness. This includes all work locations, grounds, parking lots, private vehicles on the center s property and all state-owned vehicles. As a health care system, it is our goal to provide our patients, visitors and staff with an...

Instead watch for Philip Morris to use its cigarette strength to boost distribution and display for other tobacco products. The merchandising plan gives participating store operators financial incentives to pass along discounts to consumers in exchange for prominent shelf space and signage. Cigarette consumption has been decreasing for more than 25 years and slipped about 2% between last year and 2005. Philip Morris USA's third quarter operating profit increased 2% despite a 1% decline in...

But faced with growing awareness about the power of nicotine addiction and that smoking kills more people than all other addictive drugs combined, New York officials have decided the state can no longer afford to ignore smoking. In July, New York will become the first state in the nation to ban smoking at all its chemical dependence prevention and treatment programs, including those that treat gambling addiction. An 11-year study conducted by Hurt and colleagues found that 51 percent of...

email this print this reprint or license this Posted on Wed, Nov. John Middleton inc. manufactures large, machine-made cigars in two local plants employing approximately 550 workers. It is eminently clear that Altria, seeking to exploit the exploding (no pun intended) cigar market as a hedge against declining sales of its many cigarette brands, is paying that huge sum of cash for the brand, not the company's modest assets - even though it has been a big, fat, cash cow. It is eminently...

Overnight trip: $50 exemption, excluding alcohol and tobacco, but only if the goods you bring back are worth less than $50. Your goods may be seized and, depending on the circumstances, you may have to pay another 25 per cent to 80 per cent of the value of the merchandise to reclaim it. Finally, your infraction will be recorded in the customs computer system and saved for six years, meaning you're more likely to be searched in the future. If you have been away 48 hours or at least seven...

The drought, among the worst in state history, has affected the area in ways other than mandatory water restrictions and Burlington s decision to cut water sales to Greensboro by 35 percent. Replacing those wells over the past year or so accounts for about 30 percent of Cummings business and represents a significant increase for her company. Dry conditions don t affect actual drilling, but the lack of ground moisture does make it easier for crews to get to sites, especially new...